Bilal’s Songs: Mixing and Remixing the African-Diaspora and the Islamic World

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Bilal’s Songs: Mixing and Remixing the African-Diaspora and the Islamic World

Posted on September 10, 2018

Honors lecture seriesGrammy-award winning musician Rhiannon Giddens, Italian musician Francesco Turrisi, and Dr. Omar Ali  discuss the ways Muslim culture and music spread across Africa and the global African Diaspora. Giddens played a banjo replica from the 19th century, accompanied by percussionist (and pianist) Turrisi.